Colored postcard of Station No. 1, Headquarters of City Fire Department, Vincennes, Indiana. Shows two horse drawn wagons and a motorized fire engine, maned by uniformed firemen. Station No. 1 built in 1908.

Dr. James B. Maple was a local doctor and historian who in his spare time researched early Vincennes and Sullivan newspapers for items concerning Sullivan Co. He clipped items and took notes and filled 42 volumes of scrapbooks which have a...

This article discusses the fire at the Fairbanks & Duenweg distillery on June 29, 1884. The distillery was located at the southwest corner of First and Wilson Streets. It also provides a history of other distilleries and their owners.

This article describes two disasters. The first was an underground fire at the Lankford-Harris mine in Sugar Creek Township on January 26, 1903 which killed one miner. The second was the collision of a passenger train with a freight train on...

The members of the Seelyville Fire Station pose in front of a hose truck. The main bay doors and corrugated steel walls are visible in the background. "Sparky" the fire dog joined the group for the photograph. The station Chief and Assistant Chief...

A black and white photograph of John Wade and James A. McKenzie, Sr. holding up a cake at the dedication of the new Seelyville Fire Station building located on Main Street in Seelyville, Indiana. The dedication ceremony took place on January 12,...